Mr. McDermott (for
himself and Mr. Higgins) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Budget

A BILL

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 to exempt the National Institutes of Health from
sequestration under section 251A for fiscal year 2013, and to reduce the
sequestration by the amount of the exemption.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Medical Research Protection Act of
2013.

2.

NIH exemption from
section 251A sequestration for FY 2013

Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:

(12)

NIH
exemption

No sequestration
ordered by the President under this section for fiscal year 2013 shall apply to
the National Institutes of Health
(75–9915–0–1–552).

.

3.

Reduction in
section 251A sequestration for FY 2013 by the amount of the NIH
exemption

Section 251A(3) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
striking and at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking the
period and inserting ; and at the end of subparagraph (E), and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

(F)

for fiscal year 2013, further reducing the
amount calculated under subparagraphs (A) through (D) by the amount that the
National Institutes of Health would have been reduced if it were not exempt
from
sequestration.